Leveling device.



w. BY. HUR D. LEVELING DEVICE.

APPLIGAIION IILBD JULY 9, 1913.

1,132,349. I Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Y Jizrzzzzar 5M- aft/0777 7 THE NORRIS FETERLS 60., PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

. ordinary spirit level; that it is less frail.

* UMTED rams ATENT WILLIAM B. I-IURD, or LANGLEY, WASHINGTON.

LEVELING nEvIon;

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, WILLIAMB. HURD, a

a citizen of the Uni.ted States, and a resident view :of the same upon may be ascertained.

of Langley, Island county, Washington, have invented certain new anduseful Im-' provements in Leveling Devices, of which 7 the following is a specification.

, This inventionrelates to leveling devices,

and hasfor-its principal objectto provide a device which is exceedingly cheap andsimple of, construction, not likely to get out of order, and by means ofwhich a true level Important features ofthe invention are that my ClBVICG is more accurate than an and liable to breakage; that it is less affected by variations of temperature.

Other features will appear as the invention is more fully, described and explained in the following specification,illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

. In'the drawings,Figure 1 is a side eleva- I tion of my device showing a fragment of its Fig. 2 is a" sectional supporting member. 7

the line 00-00 of Fig.

l 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of'a modified form of the indicator.

I Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates the support for the device proper, may be of the usual material and shape as a the corresponding part of an ordinary spirit level. The member 1 is bored through transversely as indicated by the outlines 2 (see Fig. 2), an annular shoulder being formed at 3 and against ,whichabuts one of the glass or other transparent plates 1, which is centrally bored to receive one end of the arm 5, which is preferably conical at its free end, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. The

opposite plate l is similarly bored to receive the free end of the arm 5*, the-said arms both projecting at-right' angles from the indicator 5 and are integral with thesaid indicator. Between the said plates'is confined thering 6, which is preferably of brass or other non-corroding materialyand has upon both of its faces a suitable scale, such as indicated at 7 which preferably extends around both the entire circular faces of the said ring, although I have marked oif the scale'but a portion of that distance. 1 These 'markings may represent inches but they are preferably positioned so that they divide and which doubtless occur Application filed h a-1913. -Serial 1\To; 778 ,012.f the entire circle representedby the fringiinto": 360 degrees each quarter. oflthe circlebeing I marked off as indicated by the lines 7f and f; r each quarter containing 45 of. the -.smaller .markfs of' the scale17. The bore indicated Specification of-Iietters Patent} 16,

by the lines 2is' of but slightly larger diani-fl eterthan that of the plates l, so that'fthep j I e id p e nu y t t I h ar asset: in Fig. 2. The annularshoulder 3holds the said 1 plates and I ring. against movement toa ward the leftas s'eenimFig. 2 ,v and-the-ring f 8 holds the said parts in place against'j the' i 7 said shoulder. jThering S loosely fit's-;.into the said bore, but is: adapted t o bef firmly, secured in its 'position'j'as seen in Fig.-i2,- by" means of therbindingscre'ws H From the foregoing it is'believedthat the construction and operation, of mydevicewill I -=a I be fully understood. Itjis clear that if the indicator 5 have .its weightequally'distributed around its longitudinal axis, and'the bearings for theconical-portions of the arms 5 and 5 be"precisely:insalinement with each other, the friction between the "conical portions" of the said arms andthe corresponding" bearingswill"-bepractically' negligible, and i T the indicator-5 will atf all times certainly x point exactly to the uppermost mark-7 when the body 1 ish'eld in a true horizontal -posiftion that the position of the 'pointed'end of the indicator either to the-right-or-tothe' I be raised. or lowered, as the'case may be.

as well'asa level, because it is obvious that" when one edge of the body laflS placed j against an exactly vertical'timber or theflike, the pointed end .of-the indicator 5 will register perfectly with the mark 7. whichis" parallel to the, timber.

While I preferrv'and' r commend that-the indicator 5 :be either molded' under pressure, a .withits arms 5 and 5 integral with it-,:the

die or mold being made with exactness to the end that the weight around the longitu dinal axisof-the indicator be equally dis, tributed, yet it is obvious that any suitable T method,-.-such' as, for example, very faccu rate-punchesand dies,coul'd'be'fusedtothisj.

end. The means for fasteningithe device proper into many ways.

its support 'may bevariedfi Many other such changes will; to others skilled inthe art without departing from'the spirit and-scope: of my invention and I thereforeg desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

In the modified form of indicator shown in Fig. 3, the balancing screws 10 at each side of the heavier end of the indicator are provided, and by means of which the center of gravity of the indicator may be changed by screwing the said screws in or out as will be understood.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In an article of the class described, the combination of a main body having an aperture transversely therethrough and an annular shoulder within the aperture, plates adapted to be fitted into the aperture, a ring for holding the said plates in spaced relation to each other and an indicator pivoted be tween the said plates, the said indicator having its weight so distributed as to maintain it with its longitudinal axis vertical and the said ring having a scale arranged around the pivot point of the said indicator, and means for securing the said plates in position against the said annular shoulder.

2. In an article of the class described, the

combination of a main body having an aperture transversely therethrough and an annular shoulder within the aperture, transparent plates adapted to be fitted flat-wise into the aperture, a ring for holding the said plates in spaced relation to each other and provided with a scale, an indicator having its weight so distributed as to maintain its longitudinal axis vertical, arms upon the indicator having conical ends adapted to revolve in corresponding apertures within the said plates, a second ring removably mounted within the aperture in the said body and which is adapted to hold the parts in position against the said annular shoulder.

WILLIAM B. HURD. Witnesses: I

FRED P. GoRIN, R. D. SMALLEY.

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